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Light used to help plant Photosynthesis
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just wondering, can i use a normal Halogen Lamp to help my plant grow... I'm in Sweden and its dark most of the day in winter.. do i need a special lamp or will a high intensity halogen do the trick. I don't need the plant to grow super fast, just survive it through the winter. /Marc |
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Light used to help plant Photosynthesis
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Kalisto wrote: Hi just wondering, can i use a normal Halogen Lamp to help my plant grow... I'm in Sweden and its dark most of the day in winter.. do i need a special lamp or will a high intensity halogen do the trick. I don't need the plant to grow super fast, just survive it through the winter. Halogen lights are too hot and will dry out or burn your plants. Fluorescents are the way to go -- they emit mostly light rather than heat, so are more economical as well. You can use pretty much any normal sort of tube -- cool white, warm white, daylight, etc. Here in North America, 4 foot (~120cm) fixtures and tubes are the cheapest. If it's just one plant, you might want to use a 15 or 20 watt compact fluorescent in an adjustable desk lamp. Remember the inverse square law: twice the distance from the source, light is 1/4 as intense. Also, while there are a lot of refinements to growing plants under artificial light, overall, quantity is more important than quality (i.e. optimal wavelength distribution) so for your purposes, a simple solution should be more than adequate. A longer exposure at a lower intensity equals a shorter exposure at greater intensity -- and unless you are trying to trigger flowering, for most plants 24-hour light is not a problem. |
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Light used to help plant Photosynthesis
Hi Marc,
As another respondent has already told you, the way to go is definitely the fluorescent tube style of bulb. As he states, all standard formats (warm white, cool white, etc.) will do the trick for you, but here in North America (I'm in Canada), there are special plant grow fluorescents that have a broader spectrum of light and definitely produce superior results growing plants. The slightly higher prices over standard formats is worth the small price difference. As the other person also stated, halogens generate enough heat to fry an egg and an additional practical consideration is that your electricity bills will go through the roof as the energy consumption is very high for halogens. The average 122 cm fluorescent tube used to run 40 watts but the new standard here is now around 32 watts, due to energy consumption concerns. Regards, Gord, Winnipeg Canada "Kalisto" wrote in message news Hi just wondering, can i use a normal Halogen Lamp to help my plant grow... I'm in Sweden and its dark most of the day in winter.. do i need a special lamp or will a high intensity halogen do the trick. I don't need the plant to grow super fast, just survive it through the winter. /Marc |
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